Trent Harmon Talks “Idol” Days, Losing His Hats, Releasing a New Single, Upcoming Album & More

Trent Harmon Talks “Idol” Days, Losing His Hats, Releasing a New Single, Upcoming Album & More

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey  |  March 16, 2018

Jim Casey talks with Trent Harmon about:

  • winning American Idol in 2016
  • his musical influences growing up in Amory, Mississippi, including Elvis and Marty Robbins
  • learning piano and guitar at a young age
  • losing his hats in Memphis
  • studying music and history in college
  • his label struggles after American Idol
  • focusing on songwriting
  • releasing his new single, “You Got ’Em All”
  • his longtime girlfriend moving to Thailand
  • working on his upcoming debut album
  • touring and playing summer festivals
  • the possibility of appearing on the re-booted American Idol

Show Participants:

  • Trent Harmon
  • Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief

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